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  1. Doily crocheted by a women killed in a concentration camp

    Doily crocheted by Jennie Aronson donor's husband's grandmother who was deported in August 1942 to a concentration camp where she perished.

  2. Lutze in the East; Generalgouvernement celebration; German soldiers; Captured French clothing and tanks

    05:22:04 LS, castle. Viktor Lutze, chief of staff of the SA, in Marienburg, East Prussia with other SA (inspecting areas in the East). At a soldier cemetery near Łódź, Lutze honors SA Obergruppenfuehrer Meyer-Quade at his grave, presenting wreath, flag with swastika. In Posen, Lutze walking past officers, speaking to large crowd. Inspecting areas in the East. 05:23:03 In Litzmannstadt, a large demonstration celebrating the day of Łódź's release from Polish control. Crowd of soldiers. 05:23:20 Generalgouvernement celebration (one-year anniversary) in Krakow. Crowd welcoming Frank and other o...

  3. David Theisen photograph collection

    Consists of black and white photographs of American soldiers in Ohrdruf concentration camp immediately following liberation; printed in Elkhart, Indiana, dated July-August 1945, and created by John Eichholz (donor's uncle).

  4. Selected records from the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Service of Diplomatic & Historical Archives

    The collection primarily consists of correspondence between the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs and other agencies of the Greek government and with foreign governments and people living outside Greece. The correspondence concerns establishing the whereabouts of family members, reparations issues, immigration issues, and other concerns of Greek Jews living in Greece and abroad.

  5. Nazi prisoners work

    Universal Newsreel, Vol. 17, No. 278, Part 2. Release date, 03/20/1944. According to UN Official Motion Picture Release: "Nazi Prisoners Work" Michigan. Nazi prisoners of war volunteer for forest duty in the north woods. Warmly clothed, they work like beavers. Then they devour their food, and return to the recreation rooms for checkers, ping pong and music by a German band. Other parts of newsreel include: 06:16:50 1: "Yanks Daylight Raid on Berlin." 06:19:26 3: "Rubber from the Sea" 06:20:00 4: "Caribbean visitor" 06:20:32 5: "HMS Bataan" 06:21:08 6: "US Task Force destroys Japs" 06:22:28 ...

  6. Judge Ben Lindsey

    Judge Ben Lindsey pleads for a more humane court in the cases of women's problems. (filmed in studio)

  7. Selected records from the Departmental Archives of the Tarn-et-Garonne

    Correspondence, reports, lists of internees, police instructions on visas and reports on foreigners, and files on individual internees of the internment camps in France, primarily the Septfonds camp, 1939-1945.

  8. SS-Personalhauptamt selected records (NS 34)

    Contains internal reports from the main SS personnel office, including lists of promotions and transfers; lists of SS officers stationed in Eastern Europe; recommendations and guidelines for personnel actions; and other SS-related administrative matters.

  9. settlement of US

    "United States," an AKS production, January 23, 1946. (This is a portion of G I Weekly 108) VS, poor people and children in Europe. LS, ship of Mayflower class. VS, settlers clearing land for farming. LS, British troops marching into village with colonists watching. CU, handbills of new taxes, decrees, etc. VS, colonists assembling and marching through woods and along roads. VS, battles between British troops and colonists. CU, Declaration of Independence. LS, Gen. Washington at head of column of soldiers enters town. VS, Blacks picking cotton by hand. VS, cotton weaving and spinning machines.

  10. Russian DPs at train station; Congressmen visit Berchtesgaden

    02:33:15 (LIB 6804) 17th Airborne Div, Germany, May 26, 1945. LSs, MSs, CU, Russian DPs from Wesel stand in doors of open freight cars as they are questioned by an American officer. HLSs, trains pull out of station. CU, railroad station sign: "Wesel." MSs, DPs standing in open doors of freight cars, wave as they pass by. MLS, Brig Gen Joseph Phelps and British officers wave goodbye as train leaves station. DPs carrying personal belongings and loading them into cars. DPs at station singing, holding huge picture of Stalin, and dancing. MLS, Maj Gen William M Miley standing at platform and ins...

  11. Eva Bergstein papers

    Contains one memory book and three school booklets from Eva's school years in Poland and one Hebrew book from Schmirmiek, France. These booklets contain information pertaining to Eva Bergstein's experiences in hiding in Poland and post war life in France.

  12. Szliferstejn and Mitelsbach family collection

    Contains documents pertaining to the Szlifersztejn and Mitelsbach families, living in the Warsaw ghetto from 1939-1941. Primarily contains correspondence written to Joseph and Tola Stein in New York. Also includes a family photo of the Szlifersztejns, several official marriage contracts, a notarized property document, newspaper clippings regarding a member of the family who emigrated to the U.S. and died before the war, and several Red Cross or other official third party inquiries into the well-being of the family.

  13. Hitler & the revival of the German nation

    "Des Reiches Wiedergeburt" [Rebirth of the nation] Hitler in automobile, crowd, heiling, in large hall. "Volk am Werk" [People at work] Hitler speech. Hitler breaking ground with shovel. Boys with shovels. Factory, walking through mud, shoveling (Hitler speech in background). Hitler speaking behind podium. Shoveling dirt, building buildings, farming. Hitler speech. "Die Ewige Jugend" Girl with flowers, boys, HJ, Hitler, more HJ. Boys marching, gathered in square to hear Hitler speak, flags with swastika. Hitler speech. Boys running, BDM, calisthenics in field (Hitler speaking in background)...

  14. Agnes Feher papers

    The collection documents the Holocaust-era experiences of Agnes Feher, originally of Miskolc, Hungary, who survived the German occupation of Budapest under a false identity. The collection consists eight pre-war and war-time photographs taken in Miskolc and Budapest, Hungary; postwar photographs in the Pocking, Germany, displaced persons camp and in Belgium; as well as identity and travel documents relating to Agnes Feher's immigration to Israel. Also includes a certificate of her journeyman level status.

  15. Trunk used by a German Jewish refugee

    Trunk used by Ruth Linz's husband when he immigrated from Nazi Germany to the United States.

  16. Robert and Louise Brunner papers

    The Robert and Louise Brunner papers consist of biographical materials, correspondence, emigration and immigration files, and printed materials documenting Robert Brunner and Louise Koblitz’s efforts to flee to France, immigrate to the United States, and establish their life in America. The collection also includes correspondence between immediate family members and photographs of the Brunner and Koblitz families. Biographical materials include a birth certificate for Robert, Louise, and Leopold (Leo, Robert’s cousin), identification card for Robert, and marriage certificate for Julius and ...

  17. Eichberg Psychiatric Clinic door

    Wooden door from the Zentrum fuer Soziale Psychiatrie Rheinblick (Eichberg Psychiatric Clinic) in Eltville, Germany, has metal fittings and a rectangular hole that was possibly used to observe patients held in a solitary confinement cell. The door was used from the nineteenth century onward.

  18. "To my Grandchildren: David, Marnie, Rachel, and Tobias"

    Contains a memoir entitled "To my Grandchildren: David, Marnie, Rachel, and Tobias." The memoir is written by Johanna Schaal Glück, originally of Mährisch-Ostrow, Czechoslovakia, and is written in letter form. She describes her childhood, the German occupation, and watching her entire extended family be deported to Theresienstadt and then to their deaths at various camps. Her family was not deported, but hid in Paskau when their turn came for deportation. Copies of the memoir are in German and in English.

  19. 1933 events in England, USA

    Cricket. MSs batsman hitting, bowler throwing. LSs of cricket match being played in front of large crowd. Headline re "bodyline bowling" controversy. 01:20:54 CU sign "Fleet St." Shot looking up the busy street. Interior offices of paper? journalists working (narrator speaks as a journalist) LS, MS G.K. Chesterton speaking to big crowd. Auto racing at Brooklands. CUs people in booths keeping records. 01:21:28 Election in Ireland. Big crowd, riot breaking out, men fighting with police. Yachts at Cowes. 01:21:54 Loch Ness monster, headline "Beast with 7 ft Neck. Nightmare Shape." Pan on Loch ...

  20. New York Herald Tribune (New York, New York) [Newspaper]

    New York Herald Tribune Magazine, dated March 19, 1933, with cover illustration by J. Scott Williams and an article by Lion Feuchtwanger titled "Hitler's War on Culture"